Ximenia coriacea Engl.
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Authority
Sleumer, Hermann O. 1984. Olacaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 38: 1-159. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Olacaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Brazil. Bahia: In montosis ad Villa do Rio das Contas, fl, Martius Obs. 1996 (lectotype, M, photo F neg. 19077). Brazil. Bahia: Jacobina, fl, Blanchet 3583 (syntypes, BM, BR, F, G, GH, MG, P, P-Lenormand). Brazil. Minas Gerais: Serra do Galheiro, fl, Sello 1378 8c 1892 on the same sheet (syntypes, B, LIL, P). Brazil. Minas Gerais: Prope Almeira, fl, Riedel s.n. (syntypes, E ex LE, K ex LE, LE, n.v.). Brazil. Minas Gerais: in campis arenosis prope Alegres & Curvellos, fl, Riedel 2652 (syntypes, M ex LE, P ex LE, LE, n.v.).
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Description
Species Description - Glabrous intricate shrub or small tree, (1-)2-4 m high; bark gray. Branches stout, hard, spiny, dark brown; branchlets terete, tips purplish, rarely spiny. Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong, rarely subobovately so, apex obtuse to slightly retuse, the mucro to 0.9 mm long, base cuneate, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, yellow-green when fresh, brownish when dry, edge slightly revolute, 3.5-5.5(-6.5) x (1-) 1.3-2.6(-2.9) cm, midrib impressed above, prominent beneath, lateral nerves ca. 5 pairs raised a little beneath only, reticulation obscure; petiole 1.5-2 mm long. Flowers functionally bisexual, solitary in the leaf axils or 2-3 per axillary fascicle or in very shortly pedunculate umbels; pedicels ebracteolate, 3-7 mm long. Sepals 4, eciliate, 0.5-2.5 mm long. Petals 4, whitish, bearded inside to within 2 mm of apex, 6-7 mm long. Stamens 8; filaments 2 mm long; anthers 2.8-3.5 mm long. Ovary oblongoid-conical or lanceoloid, 2-3 mm long; style 1.5-1.7 mm long. Drupe (Harley et al. 19036) subglobose-ellipsoid, reddish tinged, ca. 1.2 x 0.8 cm.
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Distribution
Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais); in dry woods or open vegetation on rocky ground, to 700 m alt.
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